I want to use my machete to cut through red tape....

I want to assure all of you that I am alive and more than well. Alabama, as a whole, has been very good to/for me. I love the people, I love the crickets and the stars (the real kind--not the Hollywood kind), I love the trees and the open stretches of road, I love the slower pace of life down here. I really do.





This is a pic of me with my new super short hair of DOOM. It looks decent here--this is not typical of the sad li'l mom cut.





Here is a small taste of why I had to move. Not the cake--the NAMES on the cake...
I would have missed ANOTHER set of September family birthdays had I not come!




Old, old, old school cemetery in Mobile.
Spooky fun indeed.



This is Boy Wonder captivating a bunch of teenage girls at Emily's Sweet 16. He took them SNIPE hunting! Suckas.



I just got back from an interesting trip to Orlando this past weekend. The aforementioned snipe hunter was in a triathlon and somehow convinced me to ride 8 hours with him to go cheer him on. It was worth it, though, because we stayed in a house with a dog and a pool. Oh, and 'cause he's a fun guy. It was a really good time.


I still do not have a job. I prefer to leisurely work out each morning, lounge around all day, take random trips to Orlando, and pretty much shirk all responsibility....Stop cursing me--that was a joke! I mean, I DO all those things, but whilst making/fielding job-related phone calls/emails all day, I swear!

I really am working hard at the job hunt, but the red tape at the Alabama Board of Education makes me want to cut someone. I am now looking for jobs in other fields in the meantime--that is how bad it is. Sad, but true. I can't wait forever for them to wise up and hire me. And neither can my bank account.

AL-Steph and I are planning the Halloween party. My first in Alabama and her first with me! It is October 20th, and all are welcome to attend....I don't want to hear any whining about the distance either: get yer butts down here! You know you can't celebrate Halloween without me!


AS WE ALL KNOW I MOVED TO MOBILE FOR THE LOVE OF THE NIECES AND NEPHEWS!
(not that Wendy made me add that or anything).



I mean, could any sane person stay away from these cuties?
(note: cuties below)






























Anyway, I am happy and optimistic. Stay in touch, my pretties!

Lauren is making me do this....

Soooo.....where to begin the begin? As most of you already know: I moved.

I moved much too far away from our favorite vegan bistro, but blessedly far from the 405. I moved to the land down under. No, not Australia--L.A.! No, not that LA--I moved to Lower Alabama.

Mobile, Alabama.

Now why would a nice young lady like myself up and leave all that she knows and loves for the land of flying tree roaches and unholy humidity? That's right: the ever-lovin' nieces and nephews and stupid Catholic guilt. So, here I am: jobless, penniless, terrified of trees and their inhabitants, and nearly bald (not from stress--from a bad haircut).

I gots-a-lots to tell ya about my adventures in these countrified parts...and I will as soon as I find me some DSL!

Passionate hugs and tentative kisses,
Scraps